TABLE 3.

Myofibril statistics of pm positive control and paramyosin transgenics

	Sarcomere stiffness (nN/nm)*	Diameter (μm)*	Stiffness/CSA‡ (nN/nm/μm2)*	Initial SL (μm)*	Elastic modulus§ (nN/μm2)*	Corrected elastic modulus¶ (nN/μm2)*	n
pm	0.735 ± 0.042	1.77 ± 0.04	0.296 ± 0.013	3.68 ± 0.06	1095 ± 59	635 ± 34	15
pmS18A	0.692 ± 0.037	1.83 ± 0.05	0.258 ± 0.007†	3.55 ± 0.11	917 ± 46†	532 ± 27†	10
pmS-A4	0.638 ± 0.031	1.78 ± 0.03	0.256 ± 0.008†	3.67 ± 0.07	938 ± 33†	544 ± 19†	11
p-value	0.212	0.516	0.018	0.469	0.030	0.030

^*Values are mean ± SE.

^†Indicate values are significantly different (p < 0.05) from the paramyosin positive control, pm.

^‡Stiffness/CSA = sarcomere stiffness / (π × (diameter/2)²).

^§Elastic modulus = (stiffness / CSA) × initial SL.

^¶Corrected elastic modulus = 0.58 × elastic modulus.